Answer: Frank Worrell (WI)
The West Indies captain Frank Worrell scored 65 in both West Indies innings. Gary Sobers scored 132 and 14 and Norm O'Neill scored 181 and 26. Alan Davidson became the first player in Test cricket to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in a Test match. He made 44 and 80 and took 11 wickets for the match.
Quite a few other players scored 50 runs or more in one innings being from Australia (Simpson, MacDonald, Benaud) and from the West Indies (Solomon, Alexander, Hall, Kanhai).
From Quiz: Test Cricket in the 1960s
Answer: Mike Smith
Mike Smith was a cricket and rugby international. He opened the batting with Milton in 1958 against New Zealand at Headingley where Milton made 104 not out.
Tony Lewis was not only a Test cricketer but was not an international rugby player although he did play for Cambridge University RUFC. Martin Donnelly played Test cricket for NZ and international rugby for England. Mickey Stewart played Test cricket and football for Charlton Athletic FC but was not a football international.
From Quiz: International Test Cricket
Answer: They were the first father/son combination to achieve the feat
Nazar achieved the feat in Pakistan's second ever Test match, making 124 out of the team's total of 331 runs. In the process he had the honour of being his country's first ever Test match centurion. Nazar would only manage to play five Tests for his country, his career being shortened by damage to his arm as a result of a training accident. His son, Mudassar, scored ten hundreds and over four thousand runs for Pakistan in a career that spanned 76 Tests. In January of 1983 he was the last man standing against India scoring an undefeated 152 in a total of 323.
From Quiz: The Last Man Standing
Answer: Norman O'Neill and Dean Jones
Norman O'Neill made 181 and Dean Jones hit 210, in Brisbane and Madras respectively.
From Quiz: The Brisbane and Chepauk Ties
Answer: Warren Bardsley
Bardsley scored 136 runs in the first innings, and 130 in the second of a drawn Test against England in 1909. A stylish left-hander, Bardsley went on to score six centuries in his 41 Test match career.
From Quiz: Rare Feats: Significant Individual Scores
Answer: Andy Sandham
Andy scored 325 against the West Indies in April 1930. It had taken 53 years and 193 Test matches for cricket to witness a triple century at the highest level of the game. Remarkably, the second triple hundred was scored only three Test matches later.
From Quiz: Rare Feats: 300 Runs
Answer: 1956
New Zealand played their first test against England, losing by 8 wickets. Their first test win was against the West Indies an unbelievable 26 years later.
From Quiz: Test Cricket
Answer: Andy Sandham
This batsman broke this record on the 3rd April 1930. In this innings he hit 28 fours and faced 640 balls.
From Quiz: Highest Scores in Test Cricket
Answer: Douglas Jardine
Jardine was a ruthless captain in an era when the spirit in which sport was played was important. He was a strong-willed and haughty individual who apparently hated Australians, and did nothing to hide his feelings of dislike. The views of his own side were mixed: while many were extremely loyal towards him, others such as the Nawab of Pataudi did not support his methods.
From Quiz: The Bodyline Tour: 1932-33
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar
The top two run-scorers in test cricket in the 1970s played for India. Sunil Gavaskar scored 5647 runs in the 1970s to head the list, followed by Gundappa Viswanath, who scored 4611 batting at no. 4. Both batsmen played particularly well against pace bowling; three of Gavaskar's four highest scores of the decade came against the West Indies, which included the likes of Roberts, Holding and Croft. Australia's Chappell and England's Boycott were the top run-getters for their respective teams, whilst Clive Lloyd finished the decade in 11th spot, with 3475 runs.
From Quiz: Test Cricket Records: The 1970s
Answer: Allan Border
Australia's inspirational captain Allan Border scored 7386 of his 11174 runs in the 1980s. By the time he finished his career, he had scored more runs than any other batsman in the history of test cricket, although he was later overtaken by West Indies' Brian Lara. Some-time England captain David Gower scored 6196 runs in the 1980s, whilst his compatriot Graham Gooch managed 3970. Viv Richards top-scored for the West Indies with 5113.
From Quiz: Test Cricket Records: The 1980s
Answer: Alec Stewart
Englishman Alec Stewart scored an incredible 6,407 runs in the 1990s, just ahead of Mark Taylor and Mark Waugh. Sachin Tendulkar managed 5626 and Brian Lara scored 5573. Sanath Jayasuriya was back in 30th spot, with 2751 runs.
From Quiz: Test Cricket Records: The 1990s
Answer: Ravi Shastri
Shastri made 206, while Warne finished with a return of 1/150. Tendulkar also made 148 not out in the Indian innings. The match ended as a draw.
From Quiz: Test Cricket's 400 Wickets Club
Answer: Malcolm Nash
Tony Cottey, the former Glamorgan batsman, was hit for 34 from an over by Glen Chapple in 1993. Steve Marsh, the Kent keeper for years, was hit for 34 from an over by Glamorgan batsman Matthew Maynard in 1992. Tilak Raj was hit for six sixes but by Ravi Shastri in 1984. Malcolm Nash not only got hit for 36 by Gary Sobers, but nine years, in 1977 later got hit for 34 by Frank Hayes.
From Quiz: Test Cricket
Answer: Terry Alderman
The years were 1981 and 1989.
From Quiz: Bowlers in Test Cricket
Answer: Ian Botham
Ian Botham's 149 not out ensured that Australia had to bat again. Australia's target was 130. England bowled Australia out for 111 and Botham got the man of the match award.
From Quiz: History of Test Cricket
Answer: Geoff Marsh
Marsh was also the coach of Zimbabwe when another Aussie opener, Matt Hayden, scored a World Record 380 against Zimbabwe at Marsh's home ground in Western Australia. Hayden's record was broken by Brian Lara a few months later when he scored 400.
From Quiz: Cricket - Just for Openers
Answer: Frederick Spofforth
Frederick Spofforth took his only test match hat trick in the first test of the 1878-79 series against England. The match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the three English batsmen dismissed were Vernon Royle, Francis MacKinnon and Thomas Emmett. Australia won the match by ten wickets. Francis Allan, Thomas Garrett and Henry Boyle were the other bowlers for Australia.
From Quiz: Hat Trick Heroes
Answer: Alan Butcher
Alan played his only Test at The Oval, which was also the venue for his only ODI. Son Mark made his debut in 1997 and scored 8 & 14. Mark scored his first Test century against South Africa in his 13th Test in 1998.
From Quiz: One Test Wonders
Answer: Graham Thorpe
It must have seemed like 'deja vu' to Graham Thorpe, fielding while Lara batted for nearly 13 hours making his 400 not out in April 2004. In 1994, on the same Antigua ground, Thorpe fielded while Lara batted for 766 minutes in scoring 375. Lara also has the highest ever innings in all first class cricket. In 1994, playing for Warwickshire, he scored 501 not out against Durham.
From Quiz: The 300 Plus Club
Answer: Ravi Shastri
Shastri took 151 wickets, and his highest score was 206 against Australia in 1992.
From Quiz: Test Cricket World Beaters
Answer: Charles Bannerman
Bannerman, playing for Australia against England in Melbourne, also scored the very first runs in test cricket.
From Quiz: The Changing of the Guard
Answer: 26th July
This was the first of a 3 test series against India.
From Quiz: The Graham Gooch Match: Lord's 1990
Answer: W.G.Grace
W.G. Grace was captain of England at the age of 50 years and 320 days, on the last day of his last Test, vs Australia in 1899.
From Quiz: Test Cricket Firsts
Answer: New Zealand
The match was against New Zealand at Headingley, Leeds in July 1973.
From Quiz: Cricket Test Matches
Answer: 6
There were only 6 tests played, due to economic restrictions, as well as countries still taking stock after the war.
From Quiz: Test Cricket In 1946
Answer: Rod Marsh
Rod Marsh was handy with the bat as well. He scored three test centuries, with a highest of 132. Of his 355 dismissals, only 12 were stumped.
From Quiz: Legends of Test Cricket
Answer: Pakistan
The first international cricket match was actually played between Canada and the United States! The match was played in New York in 1844, and Canada won by 23 runs.
Bangladesh became the tenth test cricket nation on 10th November 2000.
From Quiz: Test Cricket
Answer: Walter Hammond
Hutton broke his record six years after Hammond set it. Hammond broke the record set by Andrew Sandham.
From Quiz: Highest Scores for Each Country
Answer: Brian Lara
Lara's 375 surpassed the score of 365 not out by Sobers.
From Quiz: Highest Individual Scores
Answer: Sid G. Barnes
Sydney F. Barnes was a great English Golden Age bowler, Morris was the graceful lefthander who opened with Barnes in the 40s, and Woodfull was the steadfast opener of the 20s and 30s. Australia's Sid Barnes ended up shooting himself.
From Quiz: Tapestry of Cricket
Answer: Melbourne Cricket Ground
The first ever Test Match was played in 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia beat England by 45 runs.
From Quiz: Test Cricket Firsts
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut at the tender age of just 16 in 1989. He went on to score 51 Test centuries and nearly 16,000 runs overall during a Test career that spanned 200 matches. The nickname "Little Master" stems from his height of 165 centimeters (5 feet 5 inches) combined with his batting prowess. As well as his feats in Test cricket, he had a remarkable One Day International cricket career, scoring 18,426 runs in 463 matches.
From Quiz: Boy Wonders
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar was born 10th July 1949 in Bombay (Mumbai), India. Gavaskar had a near-perfect technique coupled with enormous powers of concentration. His defence was virtually unbreachable, which made his wicket among the hardest to earn. Playing 125 tests for India, Sunil Gavaskar finished his career with an average of 51.12. During his career Gavaskar set many world records including the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. For almost 20 years, Gavaskar held the record of 34 Test centuries before Sachin Tendulkar, in December 2005, set a new mark. He was the first person to score centuries in both innings of a Test match on three occassions.
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From Quiz: Fastest to 5000 runs in Cricket
Answer: 12
There were a total of 12 making their Test debuts. Five from New Zealand (Bartlett, Barton, Cameron, Dick and Motz) and from South Africa there were seven (Barlow, Bland, Bromfield, Elgie, Lawrence, P. Pollock and Walter).
South Africa won this match by 30 runs and of the debutants Peter Pollock made the most impact by taking 9 wickets for the match.
From Quiz: Test Cricket in the 1960s
Answer: Otto Nothling
This was the only Test match that Otto played. He was replaced by Bradman in the next Test. Bert Ironmonger also played in that Test with Otto but he was not a dual international. Johnny Taylor played 20 Tests for Australian and 2 Wallabies Tests. Alan Walker played cricket for NSW and Tests for the Wallabies.
From Quiz: International Test Cricket
Answer: Jack Hobbs (England)
Hobbs received the knighthood in 1953, four years after Bradmna was knighted. Hobbs and Sutcliffe opened the innings together from 1924 to 1930, making 15 century partnerships, and are considered the finest opening pair in history. Hobbs went on to complete 197 first class hundreds, scoring 61,760 runs.
From Quiz: The Greatest XI Ever: Howzzat?
Answer: He became the first batsman to score 150 runs in both innings of a Test match
Alan batted for almost seven hours in compiling his first innings tally. In comparison, his second innings was a scintillating affair, with the 153 runs being scored in less than three and a half hours.
From Quiz: Rare Feats: Significant Individual Scores
Answer: Jimmy Matthews took a hat-trick in each innings
Unbelievably, TJ (Jimmy) Matthews took a hat-trick in the first of second innings of this match. On both occasions his victim was TA Ward, giving him the dubious honour of the first-ever king pair. Australia did score 448 runs, however it was at 3.65 runs per over. Aubrey Faulkner scored 122 in the first innings and a duck in the second. South Africa were in fact bowled out in 28.2 overs in their second dig.
From Quiz: Test Cricket
Answer: Graham Gooch
In this innings Graham Gooch hit 43 fours and 3 sixes and faced 485 balls.
From Quiz: Highest Scores in Test Cricket